West Bank
The soldier’s reply is more chilling than the image of scavenging dogs
NAZA documentary shows how modern warfare is pushing man’s inhumanity to man to terrifying new frontiers
Binyamin Netanyahu down but not quite out after Israeli election
Global Briefing: For Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, a change of Israeli government may bring little relief from relentless violence
Israeli elections: what you need to know
On Tuesday, Israelis go to the polls, with Binyamin Netanyahu in a fight for his political survival
‘This is existential’: Election will have profound implications for Israel and Palestinians
Binyamin Netanyahu’s hold on power is in the balance as neither his far-right coalition nor the opposition is forecast to win a majority
Israeli army launches big West Bank operation in advance of election
More than 400 different locations affected over weekend and 40 Palestinians arrested, says military
Israel imposes closures across West Bank city after two soldiers die in attacks
Israeli troops reportedly forced dozens of residents from their homes in parts of Hebron
Israeli government orders army to prepare for full closure of West Bank
Order comes after Israel’s army said it had killed two gunmen and thwarted a ‘terror attack’ that injured several people
Palestine supporters such as Sally Rooney are demonised like apartheid opponents, says Mary Robinson
Former president visited West Bank with Elders group and was shocked by ‘Israeli flags asserting a kind of supremacy’
Irish company at centre of large energy project for West Bank
Energy consulting firm Azorom working to bring two new solar and battery storage systems to Palestinian territory
Zionism is not racism, any more than Irish nationalism is sectarianism
If Israel-Palestine is, for us, a story about Ireland, it ought to be, not a simplistic narrative of good and evil
Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, French mayor and archbishop in West Bank
Settler violence surges during the olive harvest
Israeli settlers burn olive trees and attack Palestinians and US journalist in West Bank
Militant settlers attacked Palestinians and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer for The Washington Post
Actions of Irish footballers were measured but impactful
Describing them as ‘anti-Semitic’ and harmful to the Jewish community in Ireland is a denial of the wider truth
‘You hack her phone, then you kill her’: What Israeli intelligence officers told Naza director Yuval Abraham about their tactics in Gaza
Naza has incensed the Netanyahu administration. That means the documentary’s revelations have frightened it, says the film-maker
About 10,000 people march through Dublin in support of Palestine
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has failed Gaza, Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign chairwoman Zoe Lawlor says
Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas postpones legislative elections
New date in September 2027 set for elections, as well as a vote on the presidency
Israeli settlers attack West Bank village and prevent Palestinian family returning home
Israeli troops attempted to escort the Tubasi family back to their homes, weeks after their two houses were seized by settlers
Why Israel fears settlement sanctions are just the beginning
Passengers arriving in Amsterdam from Tel Aviv say Dutch customs searched luggage for goods from West Bank settlements
Still time for FAI to withdraw from Ireland-Israel match
National soccer federations must make a stand after so many deaths in Gaza
Ed Sheeran gigs at Massachusetts stadium owned by Macklemore critic cancelled over weather
All support acts withdrew from tour over comments singer made about Gaza
Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees before annual harvest
‘They left us with nothing,’ says owner of olive grove in West Bank
Israel’s settlement policy is designed to bury the idea of a two-state solution
Netanyahu boasted in 2025 that ‘we are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state.’
‘We came to the best place on earth. Irish people have been so generous to Palestine’
Izzedeen Alkarajeh runs Café Izz in Cork city, serving authentic Palestinian food, with his wife Eman
Can anyone end the Netanyahu era?
An Arab party could decide Israel’s future – with a new deputy who is a Jewish lawmaker and paratrooper
Gavin Cooney: Why I won’t be joining media boycott of Ireland’s games against Israel
Staging of these games is wrong but there is nothing additional to be gained by the media refusing to cover them
West Bank is occupied, not disputed, territory
The International Court of Justice held in July 2024 that Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful
Macklemore to donate $1 million from Ed Sheeran tour to Palestinian charities
He invited Robert Kraft, who asked Sheeran to drop the rapper from the tour, to match his donation
Disputed lands of West Bank have a long history
Co-existence through negotiation and dialogue is the only way forward
Macklemore says he has been removed from tour with Ed Sheeran after Gaza comment
Kneecap back US musician for voicing support for Palestinians and raising their plight
EU should treat Israeli settlements like Russian-occupied Crimea, says bloc’s top diplomat
Kaja Kallas tells The Irish Times an EU-wide Occupied Territories trade ban would be ‘principled’ stand
Why is Israel’s E1 settlement plan in West Bank so controversial?
Project is designed to ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’, far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has said
Israel closes UK consulate over West Bank sanctions row
British foreign secretary says ‘settler terrorists’ have carried out ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Palestinian territories
Israelis shoot dead two Palestinian teens after settlers encircle village in West Bank
Khalil Abu Alia (16), who was shot by sniper, and Omar al-Nassan (19) killed after settlers entered Palestinian village of Hebron
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